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, A. RICE.

GAR 'coUl LIliG. 110.260.12 1. Patented June 2'7, 1882..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALVAH RICE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO STEPHEN WHEELER, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,124, dated June 27, 1882,

Application filed April 25, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALVAH RICE, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Couplers, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

This invention is designed as an improvement upon my invention patented April 25, 1882; and it consists in providin g an improved form of gate, which is hereinafter fully described.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a front end elevation of an ordinary bumper for cars with my improved gate attached; and Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same, viewed as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1.

In the figures, A is the body of a draw-bar or bumper; B,thebumper-ring; C, a couplinglink; D, the pin, and F the lateral opening in .the bumper-head.

b is the gate, hun g at the rear surface of th ring B, at one side of the head, so as to be swung laterally into the opening F, in the same manner as that shown in the patent above mentioned. The gate is the same as the one therein shown and described, with the addition of the curtain or downward projection h and the friction-piece r,which two additions or features constitute this present invention. The gate is hung upon a pin, a, passed vertically through the same and through projections 0 0 at the back surface of the bumperring, and a part of the gate, at 0, immediately above the lower projection c, is. cut away in order to permit said gate to be moved vertically upon its'hinge. The downward-projecting part 0 of the gate rests upon the floor of the head when said gate is swung within the head, as shown, and the said part 0 rides upon the said floor and the projecting part or ledge 9 (shown in dotted lines) at the side of the head, as shown and set forth in the patent above mentioned.

The gate is designed to be swung into the head for the double purposeof holding the pin up out of the way of an approaching link, or of holding the link in position, as shown, to enter an approaching bumper-head in the act of coupling, as set forth in the aforesaid patent.

The notch (1, formed in the lower edge of i (No model.)

is to be held in position to enter the bumperhead of an approaching car to be coupled therewith. When the gate and link occupy the position shown the curtain h rests against the extreme end of the link, on account of which, when the link is forced back by the approachin g car, the gate will be swung back out of the head, because of the end of the link pressing against the curtain, and the possibility of the link becoming wedged under the gate is avoided.

A simple friction-piece, r, is inserted in the upper edge of the gate, as shown, which, rubbing against the upper plate of the head, forms a tension for the gate when swung within the head. This piece r may be of india rubber, wood, or other suitable material, and it serves to steady the gate and prevents its becoming displaced by any jarring of the car after being adjusted to place, as and for the purpose above set forth.

I claim as my invention- 1. The bumper-head A of a car-coupling de-v vice, provided with a bumper-ring, B, projecting laterally from the side of the bumper-head, and a gate, 1), hungto said bumper-ring outside of the head and in such a manner that it may be swunginto the openingFofthebumperhead, said gate being provided with the downward projection h, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the bumper-head A of a car-coupling device, having an opening,

F, a link, C, and pin D, a gate, I), hung at one side of the head and so as to be swung into or out of the opening F, said gate being provided with a friction piece, 1, to bear against the head, substantially as shown, and for the purpose sct forth.

3. The open bumper-head A of a car-coupling device, provided with a projecting bumper-ring, B,and a gate, b,hung.t-o said bumperring at the rear side thereof and in such a manner that it may be swung into the opening F of the bumper-head, said gate being provided with the curtain or downward-projecting part h and friction-piece r, to bear against the head for the purpose of forming a tension for the gate, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

. ALVAH RICE.

Witnesses: 7

E. B. WHITMORE,

M. D. PHILLIPS. 

